Film Diary: September 2026
Every film we watched in September 2026, ranked best to worst, good and bad, both our ratings.
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Film
Reviews and notes on what I’ve been watching.
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One Night Only (2026) No Spoiler Review: Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner Are Great, the Premise Just Isn't
Monica Barbaro and Callum Turner have real chemistry in this high-concept rom-com, but the movie and the cast are wasted on a premise that never needed to be this complicated.
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The Best Movies We Saw in Q3 2026
Everything that averaged four stars or higher between us in Q3 2026, ranked.
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The Love Hypothesis (2026) No Spoiler Review: It Feels Like a Filipino Wattpad Story Turned Into an Amazon Movie
Lili Reinhart is a darling, but The Love Hypothesis is a slow, fluffy rom-com with an awful meet-cute, a love triangle you never feel, and a played-out fake-dating plot.
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The Bear Season 5 Review: A Decent, Overly Tidy Finale to a Well-Loved Series
The Bear closed out its run with a season that's decent but not great, undone by a finale that ties everything up too neatly.
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Resident Evil (2026) No Spoiler Review: I Never Played the Game or Saw the Other Movies, and This One Is Definitely Not Forgettable
Zach Cregger's Resident Evil is fun, unique, and well-made, and it works even for someone who never played the game.
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Videodrome (1983) Review: A Cronenberg Body Horror Classic That's Aged Into Something More Relevant
David Cronenberg's 1983 body horror classic held up so well it feels overdue for a remake.
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Licorice Pizza Review: A Wholesome Coming-of-Age Romance That Made Me a Bigger Paul Thomas Anderson Fan
Paul Thomas Anderson's 70s coming-of-age romance won me over after I skipped it for years, powered by breakout performances from Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman.
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I Want Your Sex Review: A Hilarious, Unapologetically Gen Z Comedy Powered by Cooper Hoffman and Olivia Wilde
Gregg Araki's Gen Z sex comedy is genuinely funny, and Cooper Hoffman and Olivia Wilde are great in it.
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day Review: The Most Grounded This Franchise Has Ever Been
Destin Daniel Cretton's first Spider-Man film is a grounded, tightly built New York story, and Sadie Sink's secret casting pays off.
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Film Diary: August 2026
Every film we watched in August 2026, ranked best to worst, good and bad, both our ratings.
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The Invite No Spoiler Review: Olivia Wilde's Best Since Booksmart, Powered by a Career Performance From Seth Rogen
A small, earnest dinner-party comedy-drama anchored by one of Seth Rogen's best performances yet, and easily Olivia Wilde's best directing work since Booksmart.
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Ready or Not and Ready or Not 2 Review: Samara Weaving Is the Best Killer Bride in Horror
A joint review of Ready or Not and Ready or Not 2, and why Samara Weaving carries the whole franchise.
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The End of Oak Street Review: The Most Thrilling Dinosaur Movie Since Jurassic Park [No Spoiler Review]
Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor face down dinosaurs in 1980s suburbia in the most thrilling creature feature since Jurassic Park.
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Warfare Review: Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza Rebuilt One Day in Ramadi in Real Time
Garland co-directs with a Navy SEAL who was there, and the real-time run is what makes the waiting land.
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Undertone Review: A24 Built a Horror Film Out of the Fears Filipinos Grew Up With
Ian Tuason's first feature runs on the fears Filipinos grew up with, then never shows you the thing you are afraid of.
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Film Diary: July 2026
Every film we watched in July 2026, ranked best to worst, good and bad, both our ratings.
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Film Diary: June 2026
Every film we watched in June 2026, ranked best to worst, good and bad, both our ratings.
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The Best Movies We Saw in Q2 2026
Everything that averaged four stars or higher between us in Q2 2026, ranked.
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Voicemails for Isabelle Review: The Best Rom-Com of the Past Decade, and Barely a Rom-Com
Zoey Deutch's best performance yet anchors a story that's really about two sisters. (Now Streaming on Netflix)
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Film Diary: May 2026
Every film we watched in May 2026, ranked best to worst, good and bad, both our ratings.
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One Battle After Another Review: Confident, Kinetic, and Surprisingly Funny
PTA's Best Picture winner is a wild, ensemble-driven action epic. (Now Streaming on HBO Max)
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Film Diary: April 2026
Every film we watched in April 2026, ranked best to worst, good and bad, both our ratings.
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Caught Stealing Review: The Cat, The Chaos, and Austin Butler's Best Work
Darren Aronofsky goes full 90s crime caper, and it actually works. (Now Streaming on Netflix)
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The Bride! Review: Too Many Things, All of Them Interesting
Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale go full monster in Maggie Gyllenhaal's ambitious, overstuffed gothic romance. (Now streaming)
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Wuthering Heights (2026) Review: Jacob Elordi Drives It Home
A silly first act gives way to something genuinely tragic.
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Film Diary: March 2026
Every film we watched in March 2026, ranked best to worst, good and bad, both our ratings.
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The Best Movies We Saw in Q1 2026
Everything that averaged four stars or higher between us in Q1 2026, ranked.
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Project Hail Mary Review: So Good a Rock Will Make You Cry
Ryan Gosling and a rock alien deliver one of the best sci-fi films in years. (Watch it in Theaters this week!)
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The Smashing Machine Review: Go In Expecting Nothing
Benny Safdie's MMA biopic is better than its reputation — if you let it breathe. (Now Streaming on HBO Max)
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Hamnet Review: A Simple Story That Will Break Your Heart
Chloé Zhao's stunning comeback after Eternals is everything that film wasn't.
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Film Diary: February 2026
Every film we watched in February 2026, ranked best to worst, good and bad, both our ratings.
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Sinners Review: Ryan Coogler Makes the Case for Big—Original Cinema
Why the most Oscar-nominated film of 2026 matters beyond its box office numbers — and what it says about Hollywood (Now streaming on HBO Max)
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Film Diary: January 2026
Every film we watched in January 2026, ranked best to worst, good and bad, both our ratings.
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Materialists Review: A Love Story About Choosing Wrong
Why the casting doesn't quite work — and why Celine Song's new rom-com falls short of Past Lives (Now streaming on Netflix)
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Train Dreams Review: A Quiet, Beautiful Meditation on Life and Time
Joel Edgerton's breakthrough performance in one of Netflix's most underseen films of 2025 (Now Streaming on Netflix)
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Frankenstein (2025) Review: Guillermo del Toro's Magnum Opus
The purest expression of del Toro's lifelong question — who is the real monster? (Now Streaming on Netflix)
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Eden (2024) Review: A Paradise Lost to Timing and Marketing
Ana de Armas, Sydney Sweeney, and Jude Law in Ron Howard's underseen thriller based on a true story (Now Streaming on Amazon Prime)
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People We Meet on Vacation Review: Are There Still Original Rom-Coms?
A charming but imperfect Netflix rom-com that earns its ending — compared to When Harry Met Sally, Past Lives, and Anyone But You (Now streaming on Netflix)
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My Top 10 Films of 2025 — Horror, Dread, and the Monsters We've Become
Weapons, Sinners, Frankenstein, 28 Years Later, and the best films of a year defined by dread
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